Plum blossom cake originated in Ming dynasty and developed into the most famous pastry snack of Han nationality in Jiangnan in Qing dynasty. According to legend, when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he saw that it was shaped like plum blossom with attractive color and pretended to taste it. The entrance is sweet but not greasy, soft and crisp, with endless aftertaste, which is better than the Forbidden City. Because it looks like plum blossom, it is named plum blossom cake, which has been passed down to this day.
Plum blossom cake is similar to begonia cake. Plum blossom cake is also a snack with Nanjing, Suzhou and Wuxi flavors. It is made by mixing high-quality flour, yeast powder and water into paste, injecting it into a hot plum blossom mold, and adding various fillings such as bean paste, fresh meat, vegetable lard and roses. Then pour the paste on it, sprinkle with white sugar and shredded red and green melons, and bake on the cake mold with a hot iron plate. This kind of cake is golden yellow and looks like plum blossom. It is soft and delicious and suitable for all ages.
Plum blossom cake is a famous flavor snack in Jiangnan.
Today's plum cake inherits the traditional production method, and at the same time, it adds glutinous rice balls, green red fruits, pine nuts and so on. To make it more delicious, there are more than a dozen methods of making bean paste, jam, nuts and so on. , and it is made of more than a dozen raw materials such as flour, bean paste and sugar through a special stove.
The top of Yuanxiao is "very waxy", the raisins are "very fragrant", the bean paste inside is "very fine", the burnt smell of melted sugar, and colorful decorations. The red bean paste (or jam) is wrapped in a somewhat elastic shell, which has a soft taste, a thick sweet smell and warm stuffing, and delights all the taste buds to be put in your mouth.